Origins: Haiti
The name for Haiti as a colony
What is Saint Domingue?
The country that colonized Ghana
What is England?
The primary leader through the beginning of the Haitian Revolution. Died in a French prison before gaining independence for Haiti
Who is Louverture
First political party to argue in favor of Ghanaian independence as part of their platform
What is the UGCC
This leader was committed to killing/removing remaining people from their colonizing nation after independence
Who is Dessalines
The source of Haiti's wealth as a colony
What are plantations (sugar, coffee)
Political ideology based on the concepts of African strength, liberation, and unity
What is Pan-Africanism
Military leader - a general under Louverture who became the leader of the independence movement after Louverture's capture
Who is Dessalines
Uprising in Ghana's capital city following the killing of World War II veterans in a march
What is the Accra Riots
This leader pass a series of laws limiting the democratic freedoms of their country after independence
Who is Nkrumah
War that destabilized the French government/nation inspiring and pushing forward the Haitian Revolution
What is the French Revolution
Cash crop introduced in the 1870s. Became a significant element of Ghana's economy
What are cacao trees
French leader who wanted to regain control of Haiti after they began to distance themselves from their colonizer
Who is Napoleon
Political party founded in the Ashanti region to challenge Nkrumah and the CPP
What is the NLM (National Liberation Movement)
Cause of death for Haiti's first leader, Dessalines
Haitian man inspired by the Declaration of the Rights of Man to advocate for expanded rights of mixed race people in Haiti
Who is Vincent Oge
Document signed by the British and Americans during World War II in support of self-determination for colonies after the war
What is the Atlantic Charter
The War of Knives was a Civil War within the Haitian Revolution fought between these two leaders for control of the colony
Who are Louverture and Petion
Nkrumah's campaign, inspired by Gandhi, to gain support through nonviolent protest/civil disobedience
What is Positive Action
An ideology that combined socialism and Pan-Africanism. Nkrumah himself was almost a religious figure
What is Nkrumaism
Spiritual leader of the Bois Caiman Vodou Ceremony that led to the initiation of the slave rebellion/Haitian Revolution
Who is Dutty Boukman
Nationalist movement focused on striking down a British bill that would allow them to occupy 'unused lands'
What is ARPS?
What is the LeClerc Expedition?
Collaboration on a new constitution between the British and leaders of the UGCC that prompted Nkrumah to leave the party and found his own party
What is the Coussey Commission
In 1806 these two leaders fought a small Civil War, dividing Haiti into two small states